2015-2016 fact sheet - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

2015-2016 FACT SHEET
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER:
JAY S. FELDSTEIN, DO ’81
PROVOST, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND DEAN:
KENNETH J. VEIT, DO ’76, MBA
CHIEF CAMPUS OFFICER, GA–PCOM:
R. BRYAN GINN, JR.
FAST FACTS:
GA–PCOM offers a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree, a Doctor of Pharmacy
degree, a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences and a Master of Science
degree in Physician Assistant Studies.
MISSION:
GA–PCOM enrolled its first class in 2005 in response to the acute need for more healthcare providers to serve the growing population of Georgia and the surrounding states.
The College especially encourages graduates to serve where the need is greatest –
inner cities and rural areas with severe physician shortages.
ACCREDITATION:
The College is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association; the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania Department of Education; and Middle States Commission on Higher
Education. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Pharmacy’s Doctor
of Pharmacy program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education,
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 4100, Chicago, IL 60503, 312/664-3575; FAX 312/6644652, web site www.acpe-accredit.org. The College also has approval from the Georgia
Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission.
The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
has granted Accreditation-Continued status to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Medicine Physician Assistant Program in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approved a distant
campus in Suwanee, Georgia. Both the main campus and distant campus programs are
sponsored by Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Accreditation-Continued is an
accreditation status granted when a currently accredited program is in compliance with the
ARC-PA Standards.
Accreditation remains in effect until the program closes or withdraws from the accreditation
process or until accreditation is withdrawn for failure to comply with the Standards. The
approximate date for the next validation review of the program by the ARC-PA will be March
2018. The review date is contingent upon continued compliance with the Accreditation
Standards and ARC-PA policy.
CLASS OF 2015
INFORMATION
DO graduates
Georgia residents
123 39%
PharmD graduates
Georgia residents
78
56%
MS Biomedical Sciences
graduates Georgia residents 26
46%
MS Organizational
Development and
Leadership graduates
Georgia residents
11
73%
DEGREES OFFERED:
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
Enrollment: 527
Tuition/Year: $46,620/year
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine/MBA
Enrollment: 1
Tuition/Year: $46,620/year
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
Enrollment: 407 Tuition/Year: $35,460/year
Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences (MS)
Enrollment: 130
Tuition/Year: $857/credit
Master of Science in Physician
Assistant Studies (MS)*
Enrollment: currently enrolling
Tuition/Year: $40,292/year
* first class to matriculate June 2016
GEORGIA CAMPUS – PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
(GA–PCOM) is a private, not-for-profit branch campus of the fully accredited Philadelphia College
of Osteopathic Medicine, a multi-program institution with a 116-year tradition of educational excellence. Located in Suwanee, Georgia, GA–PCOM offers the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree,
the Doctor of Pharmacy degree, a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences, and a Master of
Science degree in Physician Assistant Studies. Georgia Campus also includes the Georgia Osteopathic
Care Center, an osteopathic manipulative medicine clinic which is open to the public by appointment.
ALUMNI INFORMATION
PCOM DO alumni nationwide
PCOM DO alumni in Georgia*
PCOM alumni practicing primary care in Georgia*
GA–PCOM non-DO alumni 10,935
318
123
547
DOS NATIONWIDE
DOs practicing in the United States DOs practicing in Georgia * Data is based on business addresses provided by alumni. Not every alumni record includes a practice address.
625 OLD PEACHTREE ROAD NW, SUWANEE, GA 30024
ADMISSIONS: 800-999-6998 . 678-225-7500
EMAIL: GAADMISSIONS@PCOM.EDU
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1,295
1899
FOUNDED IN 1899,
PCOM IS ONE
OF THE OLDEST
COLLEGES OF
OSTEOPATHIC
MEDICINE.